There’s a very specific energy that shows up in rehearsal sometimes. It’s not nerves or passion. Nor is it even bad acting. It’s trying too hard. And after years of acting, directing and coaching actors, I can spot it in about three seconds. Let’s talk about the...
How Gary Pica turned tough love into a lifelong friendship — and made me a better leader in the process This post marks a pretty special milestone — the 50th TruMethods/Winners Circle Peer Group meeting. Fifty. That’s half a century of meetings if you count them in...
The Sociopath’s National Anthem Every time someone says “Don’t take it personally — it’s just business,” an HR department gets its wings. Let’s stop pretending this phrase is some kind of stoic wisdom. It’s not. It’s a moral escape hatch for people who want to screw...
“Vulnerability” has become the latest corporate virtue signal.Everyone claims they “lead with it” — right up until it means actually saying something real. Because here’s the thing: most people love the idea of vulnerability… just not the practice of it. They’ll...
Two years ago, I sold my shares in the business I helped build. After years of leading teams, growing culture, and sitting through meetings that could’ve been solved in a half- decent email, I suddenly had something I hadn’t truly had in decades: time. And not the...
People sometimes ask how I went from actor to CEO, as if those two things exist in entirely different universes.Honestly? They’re not that different. Both require stamina, improvisation, and the ability to keep a straight face when something goes completely...
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